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Definitions for bowyer
ˈboʊ yərbowyer
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Wiktionary
bowyernoun
A person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).
bowyernoun
A person who uses the bow, an archer.
Bowyernoun
An English occupational surname for someone who made bows for archery.
Etymology: From bowyere, bowȝere, variant forms of bowere, equivalent to.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bowyernoun
Etymology: from bow.
Call for vengeance from the bowyer king. Dryden.
Wikipedia
Bowyer
A bowyer is a master-craftsman who makes bows. Though this was once a widespread profession, the importance of bowyers and of bows was diminished by the introduction of gunpowder weaponry. However, the trade has survived and many bowyers continue to produce high-end bows.
Webster Dictionary
Bowyernoun
an archer; one who uses bow
Bowyernoun
one who makes or sells bows
Wikidata
Bowyer
A bowyer or Archery Technician is someone who makes or sells bows. Bows are used for hunting and for archery. The development of gunpowder and muskets slowly led to the replacement of bows as weapons of war which decreased the importance of bowyers. Someone who makes arrows is a fletcher.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
bowyer
The man who made or repaired the military bows was so called.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BOWYER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bowyer is ranked #8019 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Bowyer surname appeared 4,127 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Bowyer.
90.5% or 3,737 total occurrences were White.
3.8% or 158 total occurrences were Black.
2.9% or 120 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 61 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.7% or 32 total occurrences were Asian.
0.4% or 19 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
Anagrams for bowyer »
bowery
Bowery
owerby
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bowyer in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bowyer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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